SentLTE-Digest Friday, December 20 2013 Volume 13 : Number 044
001 LTE: Re: 'T'S TIME TO JUST SAY NO TO THE OUTMODED DRUG WAR'
From: Kirk Muse <>
002 LTE: Re: 'THE FOLLY OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION'
From: Kirk Muse <>
003 LTE: Re: 'YOUTH POT USE RISES AS ATTITUDES SHIFT IN U.S.'
From: Kirk Muse <>
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Subj: 001 LTE: Re: 'T'S TIME TO JUST SAY NO TO THE OUTMODED DRUG WAR'
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:05:35 -0800
To the Editor of The Bristol Press:
Re: "T'S TIME TO JUST SAY NO TO THE OUTMODED DRUG WAR" (12-8-13).
Let's assume our goal is to get as many people as possible to use
marijuana. How do we do it? Criminalize it. Before marijuana was
criminalized via the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 the then Commissioner of
Narcotics Harry Anslinger testified before congress that America had a
total of 100 thousand marijuana users.
Today our government estimates that at least 100 million Americans have
used it. This is a 1,000 fold increase.
The "lure of the forbidden fruit" is very powerful.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
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Subj: 002 LTE: Re: 'THE FOLLY OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION'
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 05:31:57 -0800
To the Editor of the Baltimore Sun:
Re: "THE FOLLY OF MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION" by Gregory Kline (12-12-13).
Kline cites a reefer madness type propaganda piece produced by the Drug
Enforcement Administration: "Marijuana the Myths Are Killing Us". The DEA
is a huge bureaucracy who's primary goal is its continuation and expansion.
I thought Kline was a conservative and that true conservatives oppose
nanny-state policies. Obviously, I was wrong.
What could be more pro-nanny-state than marijuana prohibition?
Beyond the fact that marijuana prohibition is counterproductive and a
complete waste of money, what about the right of adult citizens to be
left alone - especially in the privacy of our own homes? We don't punish
those who attempt suicide and survive. So why do we punish those who
consume the wrong (politically selected) recreational drugs?
I don't want my government attempting to protect me from myself. I want
my government to protect me from those who want to harm me against my will.
Today, our nanny-state government tells us which recreational drugs we
may or may not consume. Note that Viagra is OK, but marijuana is not.
Note that nicotine is OK, but marijuana is not. Tomorrow, our
nanny-state government will tell us which foods we may or may not eat.
For our own good, of course.
Those who oppose the use of marijuana, medical or otherwise, can opt to
not buy it, grow it or use it.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
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Subj: 003 LTE: Re: 'YOUTH POT USE RISES AS ATTITUDES SHIFT IN U.S.'
From: Kirk Muse <>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:02:51 -0800
To the Editor of The Oklahoman:
As penalties for marijuana use decrease the tendency to be honest with
someone
conducting a so-called anonymous survey increase. Would you admit to a
complete
stranger that you have committed a crime that can send you to prison? I
wouldn't.
And neither would the majority of those interviewed for drug use surveys.
Kirk Muse
1741 S. Clearview Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85209
(480) 396-3399
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